The FlightGear development team is delighted to announce the v2017.1 release of FlightGear, the free, open-source flight simulator. This new version contains many exciting new features, enhancements and bugfixes. Highlights in this release include: Accurate buildings from OpenStreetMap, voice synthesis of tutorial instructions, improved rendering of the earth from orbit, and a more realistic black-out/red-out system.

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The FlightGear development team is delighted to announce the v2017.1 "Bergen" release of FlightGear, the free, open-source flight simulator. This new version contains many exciting new features, enhancements and bugfixes. Highlights in this release include: Accurate buildings from OpenStreetMap, voice synthesis of tutorial instructions, improved rendering of Earth from orbit, and a more realistic blackout/redout system.

Founded in 1997, FlightGear is developed by a worldwide group of volunteers, brought together by a shared ambition to create the most realistic flight simulator possible that is free to use, modify and distribute. FlightGear is used all over the world by desktop flight simulator enthusiasts, for research in universities and for interactive exhibits in museums.

Founded in 1997, FlightGear is developed by a worldwide group of volunteers, brought together by a shared ambition to create the most realistic flight simulator possible that is free to use, modify and distribute. FlightGear is used all over the world by desktop flight simulator enthusiasts, for research in universities and for interactive exhibits in museums.

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=== Performance ===

=== Performance ===

* Canvas performance has been improved.

* Canvas performance has been improved.

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* Support for SIMD operations added, improving performance on some architectures

* Bergen Airport, Flesland (ENBR) in Norway is the default airport for this release.

* Tutorial instructions are now played through the built-in voice synthesis system, making them easier to follow.

* Tutorial instructions are now played through the built-in voice synthesis system, making them easier to follow.

=== Scenery ===

=== Scenery ===

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* Accurate buildings generated through OpenStreetMap are now available via Terrasync. Buildings for the UK, Switzerland and large parts of Scandinavia are available already, with more to be generated in the future.

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* Accurate buildings generated through OpenStreetMap are now available via [[TerraSync]]. Buildings for the UK, Switzerland and large parts of Scandinavia are available already, with more to be generated in the future.

* Improved scenery and terrain for the Azores

* Improved scenery and terrain for the Azores

=== Canvas System ===

=== Canvas System ===

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* Canvas performance has been improved.

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* [[Canvas]] performance has been improved.

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* [[FGQCanvas|Remote Canvas]] is now available

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* [[FGQCanvas|Remote canvas]] is now available

=== Highlighted new and improved aircraft ===

=== Highlighted new and improved aircraft ===

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* J3Cub

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* [[Piper J-3 Cub]]

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* Saab 37 Viggen

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* [[Saab 37 Viggen]]

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* ASK21

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* [[Schleicher ASK 21]]

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* F-16

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* [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon]]

=== Bug fixes ===

=== Bug fixes ===

* Various bug fixes that cause crashes in multiplayer.

* Various bug fixes that cause crashes in multiplayer.

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* See [https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/codetickets/search/?q=status%3AFixed+AND+created_date%3A%5B2016-11-17T18%3A27%3A17Z+TO+*%5D our bugtracker] for a list, albeit incomplete, of the bugs fixed in this release.

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* See [https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/codetickets/search/?q=status%3AFixed+AND+created_date%3A%5B2016-11-17T18%3A27%3A17Z+TO+2017-02-22T18%3A48%3A48Z%5D our bugtracker] for a list, albeit incomplete, of the bugs fixed in this release.

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Revision as of 14:24, 24 February 2017

The FlightGear development team is delighted to announce the v2017.1 "Bergen" release of FlightGear, the free, open-source flight simulator. This new version contains many exciting new features, enhancements and bugfixes. Highlights in this release include: Accurate buildings from OpenStreetMap, voice synthesis of tutorial instructions, improved rendering of Earth from orbit, and a more realistic blackout/redout system.

Founded in 1997, FlightGear is developed by a worldwide group of volunteers, brought together by a shared ambition to create the most realistic flight simulator possible that is free to use, modify and distribute. FlightGear is used all over the world by desktop flight simulator enthusiasts, for research in universities and for interactive exhibits in museums.

FlightGear features more than 400 aircraft, a worldwide scenery database, a multiplayer environment, detailed sky modelling, a flexible and open aircraft modelling system, varied networking options, multiple display support, a powerful scripting language and an open architecture. Best of all, being open-source, the simulator is owned by the community and everyone is encouraged to contribute.

Performance

Support for Template:Abrr operations added, improving performance on some architectures

AI performance has been improved

Usability

Bergen Airport, Flesland (ENBR) in Norway is the default airport for this release.

Tutorial instructions are now played through the built-in voice synthesis system, making them easier to follow.

Scenery

Accurate buildings generated through OpenStreetMap are now available via TerraSync. Buildings for the UK, Switzerland and large parts of Scandinavia are available already, with more to be generated in the future.